Rob Stein at Mother Jones has this crazy idea that “missing [Iraqi] nuclear scientists made their way to Tehran, where they would have been welcomed with open arms and fat paychecks.” But as recently as February of this year, Iran was thought to have just slightly over 300 centrifuges. Where did they get the technical …
Larijani tries to resign, for the 5th time
by | 2007-05-22 | 8 Comments
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani has apparently tried to resign five times in the last few months. As in his earlier attempts, the resignation was rejected by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Why does Larijani want out? Asharq Al Awsat, a Saudi newspaper, reports that, well, Ahmadinejad is annoying. From Mideastwire.com: Asharq Al Awsat, an independent …
Russian HEU + AQ Khan = New Nuke Book
by | 2007-05-21 | 6 Comments
In the New York Times this past weekend, Jonathan Raban reviews the new book by William Langewieshe (yes, I’ve been wondering too… it’s long-gah-vee-shuh). The Atomic Bazaar combines Langewieshe’s pieces from the Atlantic Monthly, one on smuggling nuclear materials from Russia and the others on the A.Q. Khan network (part 1 and part 2). Raban …
Greetings from Airlie Center
by | 2007-05-20 | 2 Comments
I’ve been attending the New America Foundation’s annual Board & Senior Staff retreat. (I forgot my camera. The beautiful image is from this Flickr photo set.) I’ve been to various meetings at Airlie over the years and positively adore the Whistling Swan. We’ve had interesting panels, including “American Foreign Policy After Bush” with Francis Fukuyama, …
